Full name | Unión Aljarafe Sevilla. Club Deportivo Rugby Mairena – Universitario Rugby Club | ||
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Union | Spanish Rugby Federation | ||
Nickname(s) | Cocos, Cocodrilas | ||
Founded | 1968 | ||
Location | Seville | ||
Ground(s) | La Cartuja (Capacity: 1,932) | ||
President | Elena González Godoy [1] | ||
Coach(es) | Garry Owen Alberto Moreno | ||
Captain(s) | Julia Castro | ||
League(s) | Liga Iberdrola | ||
2022–23 | Runner-up | ||
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The Unión Aljarafe Sevilla, commonly referred to as University of Seville or Cocos, and currently known as Ghenova Cocos Rugby for sponsorship purposes, [2] is a Spanish rugby union club. The club currently competes in the Liga Iberdrola, the 1st level of Spanish women's club rugby, competition they have won 2 times. [3] [4] The men's team plays on the Andalusia regional tournament under the name CD Rugby Mairena. [5] The club is based in the city of Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. They play in black and green. [6]
Funded as Club de Rugby Medicina, the team is nowadays the union of two clubs: C.D. Rugby Mairena, name they use on the men's category and on lower categories, and the Universitario de Sevilla CR, name they use on senior women. [7]